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单词 padrona
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padronan.

Brit. /pəˈdrəʊnə/, U.S. /pəˈdroʊnə/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian padrona.
Etymology: < Italian padrona (14th cent.), feminine form corresponding to padrone padrone n.
Chiefly in Italian-speaking communities: the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel.Earliest in quot. 1744 in extended use with reference to a fairy who is the genius (genius n. 1a) of a well.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > woman
ladyeOE
mistressa1375
goodwifea1533
forewoman1709
padrona1744
queen bee1790
bibi1816
the Mrs1821
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper
bawd1362
bordellera1393
mother1596
brothel1604
brothel master1608
factoress1611
cock bawd1632
brothel keeper1710
padrona1744
case keeper1757
madame1871
madam1879
whore-mistress?1885
whorehouse madam1916
1744 Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 490 I thought we should have been stoned by them: Till, perceiving one more furious than the rest, whom we found to be Padrona of the Well, by applying a small Bit of Money to her.
1800 M. Edgeworth Little Merchants iv, in Parent's Assistant (1857) 59 I, that am padrona of the well.
1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 121 An extremely unsentimental middle-aged lady, the Padrona of the Hotel.
1876 M. M. Mason Mae Madden 116 She was..handsome and clever, and the padrona gave glowing accounts of her full purse.
1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 105 The padrona was better in health; many thanks to the sigñora for inquiring.
1976 Times 21 Aug. 12/4 Rumour said the boy [sc. Rudolph Valentino] had borrowed money from the padrona of a brothel and run away.
1999 Washington Times (Nexis) 23 May b6 Mail is picked up there, laundry dropped off, and the warm-hearted padrona is like a mother to the young men.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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